Beaded welt



June 9, 1931; A. HOWARD BEADED WELT I Filed Nov. 9. 1929 l y TOR. yu. a@

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Patented June 9, 17931 ALBERT'L.

PATENT ferries HOWARD, OF BROGKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASSIGNOR T HAMILTON-WADE COMPANY, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION BEADED WELT vApplication,le. November 9, 1929. Serial No. 405,968.

This invention relates towelts for boots and shoes of the beaded type and to a method of making the same.

The obj ect of the invention is to produce a novel and improved welt of the character specified in which the bead is formed in a novel manner designed to'provi'de a strong vand durable construction.

A. further object of the invention is to providea novel method of making the improved welt by which the same may be economically manufactured and which lends itself to the formation of beads of dierent sizes in a novel and simple manner.

With these vobjects in view, and such others asv may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the welt and in themethod of making the same hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings'illustrating the preferred embodiments ofthe invention Fig. V1 is a view in cross-section of a portion of a. Goodyear welt shoe showing the novel welt incorporated therein;

- Fig. 2, a perspective of the preferred form of the improved welt;`

Fig. 3, a similar view'of the Welt blank from which the improved welt maybe made;

Fig. 4, a perspective illustrating the blank after it has been slit to provide the beadforming flap 5 Fig. 5, a similar view illustrating the partial formation of the bead, and

Fig. 6, a perspective of an alternate form of the finished Welt in which the bead is formed by folding the bead-forming flap and without employing a core.

Referring now to the drawings, the improved welt comprises a body portion 10 which may beformed from a welt blank 12, as shown in Fig. 3, by the provision of the usual groove 14 and by cutting the upper portion of the blank from the inner side edge 451 thereof to form a bead-forming iiap 16. It is 16 ex- Y 17 of the body of the welt, and lin practice it is preferred to start with a welt blank 12 of a sufficient width such that when a strip such as is shown in dotted lines at 1d is cut from the inner side of the welt blank, a partially formed blank, such as Iillustrated in Fig. 4, will be produced in which the bead-forming flap 16 projects materially beyond the inner side edge 17 of rthe welt blank.

After the bead-forming flap 16 has been formed, the next step in the constructionof the present welt comprises the folding of the flap 16 over upon the upper surface 21 of the outer or main body portion of the welt, and fastening means, herein shown as a line of stitches 22, are then passed through the fold-V ed lportion of the. flap and into the body'of the we t.

adjacent the point of juncture of the flap 16 and the main body v10 of the welt, and are preferably arranged to* Y extend entirely through the flap and through the body 10 of the welt.

The. next step in the formation of the welt comprises the folding of the flap 16 over again upon the inner side of thegbody of the welt to form a vbead 23 and to position the flap upon the surface 24 of the welt. K'

For some purposes it 'may `be desirable to introduce a core orpacking member 26, Vas

shown in Figs. 1 and 2,.'intothebead 23 formed l as above described, and for other purposes it'may be desirable to omit the core 26 'and to fold the flap 16 after the stitches or other fastening devices 22 have been introduced to' form a bead without a core, such a construction being illustrated lin Fig. 6. When the present welt is incorporated into a Goodyear welt shoe, the seam stitches 30 may be arranged to extend in the usualmanner, as shown in Fig. 1, throughthe grocved portion 28 of the welt, and also through the flap 16, thus securely anchoring the flap in position. l The bead 23 is reenforced by the stitches or other fastening devices 22 producing an exceedingly strong and reenforced construction ofbead 23, particularly with respect to its Vconnection to themain body of the welt, thus'covering a weakness which has hereto As herein showin-the stitches 22 are located I fore been experienced in prior constructions of welts now upon the market.

An importantI advantage resulting from` the present construction of welt and the inanner Yin which the bead is formed, resides in the ability to form varying sizes of beads by merely increasing the distance at which the fastening devices, herein shown as stitches 22, are located with respect to the point of juncture of the flap 16 and the body of the welt. The greater the distance that the stitches are located from such point, the larger the size of the bead which will be formed when the flap is refolded and again brought into its operative position. When the welt is incorpo rated into the shoe, the body portion l() may be secured in place by the usual outseam stitches 35. K

From the above description itwill be observed that the present welt may be manufaetured in an economical manner, utilizing a minimum ofstock and that the bead is reenforced by the stitches 22 thus ensuring against the beading breaking away from the body of the welt during the wearing of the shoe.

It will also be observed that in the finished Welt the stitches 22 are completely concealed by the bead, thus presenting an attractive and finished appearance to the welt.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the in- Vention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A beaded welt comprising a body portion having a bead-forming flap formed by an incision in the upper part of the body portion extending from the inner side edge of the welt, said flap being folded outwardly beyond the juncture of the flap with the body portion and then inwardly to form the bead, and said outwardly folded portion being fastened to the body of the welt.

2. A beaded welt comprising a body portion having a bead-forming flap formed by an incision extending laterally partially through said body portion, the portion `of the flap adjacent the juncture with the body portion ex tending toward the outer edge of the welt beyond the juncture of the flap with the'body 4. A beaded welt comprising a body portion having a bead-forming flap folded first in one direction and then in the opposite direction to form a bead and with the underlying fold stitched to the body of the welt, said folded portions extending on opposite sides of the juncture of the flap and body portion.

5. A beaded welt comprising a body portion having a bead-forming flap formed by an incision in the upper part of the body portion extending from the inner side edge of the welt and with the flap folded outwardly beyond the juncture of flap andv body portion and then inwardly to form the bead, and with the outwardly extended folded portion stitched to the body of the welt.

6. A beaded welt comprising a body portion cut laterally to form a bead-forming flap having overlying folds forming the bead, and with the underlying fold secured to the body of the welt on the outer side of the juncture of said flap and the body portion.

7. A beaded welt comprising a body portion cut laterally to form a bead-forming flap having overlying folds forming the bead, and with the underlying fold secured to the body of the welt on the outer side of the juncture of said'flap and the body portion, and a core interposed between said folds and around which the upper fold is extended.

8. A beaded welt comprising a body portion provided with a bead, said bead comprising an underlying portion cut from the body portion by a lateral incision therein and folded outwardly and secured to the body portion beyond the juncture thereof with the body portion and a folded overlying portion forming an extension of the underlying portion and co-operating therewith to form the bead and extended inwardly upon the inner surface of the welt.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT L. HOWARD.

portion and being secured upon the upper surface thereof, and the remaining portion of the flap being folded over the first-mentioned portion to form the bead.

3. A beaded welt comprising a body portion provided with a bead-forming flap hav- A Y ing portions folded in opposite directions to form the bead and with the underlying portion thus folded secured to the body of the welt, said folded portions extending on opg posite sides of the juncture of th flap and bodyv portion. 

